Brownell, Elizabeth Buckingham (1860-1909)

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Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, December 29, 1902

Jane Addams to Elizabeth Buckingham Brownell, December 21, 1908

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Birth Date

1860

Death Date

1909-03-26

Birthplace

Dayton, OH

Biographical Text

Elizabeth Buckingham Brownell was a well-known Chicago-based photographer whose work was often featured as book illustrations. Known for her depictions of children, Brownell was an artist who often first sketched her models in pencil in order to create the right effect. She published photographs in volumes of poetry and prose, such as Dream Children, but also photographed the children of working class Chicago. Brownell's photography was also featured in the Chicago Tribune.

Brownell married Joseph J. Finlay in 1882 and had a daughter, Ada. The couple later divorced. She died in 1909 of bronchitis.

Brownell was associated with Hull-House, might be best known for her photograph of Jane Addams that was included in Twenty Years at Hull House, and in many newspapers.

Occupation

Photographer

Source

Photograph from Frances Benjamin Johnston, The Foremost Women Photographers in America, Ladies’ Home Journal 19:2 (January 1902): 1.

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People

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

Lichon, Sara Catherine

Skerrett, Ellen

Rights

Public domain

Gender

Female

First appears

1902

Bibliography and Links

Elizabeth B . Brownell, Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920

Elizabeth B Brownell, Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922

Elizabeth B. Brownell, Illinois County Deaths, 1878-1922

Frances Benjamin Johnston, The Foremost Women Photographers in America, Ladies’ Home Journal 19:2 (January 1902): 1.

Had Been Worker With Jane Addams, Woodstock Sentinel, April 1, 1909, p. 1.

Citation

“Brownell, Elizabeth Buckingham (1860-1909),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed October 11, 2024, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/1842.

Brownell, Elizabeth Buckingham (1860-1909)

Item Relations

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, December 29, 1902

Miss Addams, January 1913

Miss Addams, February 1913

Jane Addams to Elizabeth Buckingham Brownell, December 21, 1908

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